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Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to perform a Google search for images and information on many of these plants.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
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| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine |  |
| | Yellow morning glory vine | Merremia aurea | Vine |   |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub |  |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub |  |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White Cloud Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris | Grass | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocerus schottii f. monstrosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | |
| | Texas mountain laurel | Sophora secundiflora | Large shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
 | | Texas creeping oxeye | Zexmenia hispida | Small shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylanica | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorensis | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata |  | |
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Silver dalea "Monterey" | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Perennial | |
| | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | San Marcos hibiscus | Gossypium harsnekii | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Red snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhyniflora | Vine | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linearis | Small shrub | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium greggii | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phillanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Limita | Anisacanthus andersonii | ||
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia goodingii | Perennial | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Perennial | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Fishhook barrel "yellow flower" | Ferocactus wislezenii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Fire barrel | Ferocactus gracilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsonii | Medium tree | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert Museum palo verde | Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum' | Tree | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Desert lavender (emoryi) | Hyptis albida | Large shrub | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia (Zauschneria) | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactina mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Coville barrel cactus | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagaceae decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Coffee senna | Senna occidentalis | Small shrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Chiltepin (wild type) | Capsicum annum | Small shrub | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Medium shrub | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Burgundy desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Blue sage | Salvia azurea | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | |
| | Apache plume | Fallugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy (Hymenoxys) | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
